| | Today's Headlines | | | | January 14, 2021 | | | | Today's Headline Sponsor: CRC Group |
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| | | | | | | A Podcast Built for Agents | | | | In under 20 minutes, we give you the latest news & trends in specialty insurance from our specialists across the nation. IMCA named us "Best in Show" for 2020. | | | | | | | | CRC Group | | |
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| | National | | | | Madison, Wisconsin-based American Family Insurance is acquiring insurtech company Bold Penguin that serves small businesses' insurance... | | | | The percentage of COVID-19 claims among all workers' compensation paid claims has varied greatly among states and occupations, as has the... | | | | U.S. traffic deaths jumped dramatically after coronavirus lockdowns ended in 2020, rising 13.1% in the three months ending Sept. 30 to... | | | | Property/casualty insurance companies far and wide are considering whether to develop technology platforms in-house or modernize some... | | | | Major U.S. insurers on Wednesday decided to suspend contributions to political campaigns for the next few months, following last week's... | | | | Insurance technology firm Applied Systems has agreed to acquire EZLynx, an agency management system vendor and pioneer in real-time... | | | | Global insurance broker Marsh has unveiled for the second time its group of Cyber Catalyst designated products and services judged by... | | | | While at least 17 states have passed laws or issued orders that expanded access to workers' compensation benefits for employees who contract... | | | | One year ago, as insurers looked toward the start of a new decade, the industry was beginning to hit its digital stride.... | | | | More National News » |
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| | East | | | | A Stowe man is facing eight arson charges that he set a series of fires over nearly two years that caused more than $1.5 million in... | | | | Hub International Limited (Hub), a full-service global insurance broker, has acquired Alpha Pension Group Inc. Terms of the transaction... | | | | World Insurance Associates LLC (WIA) acquired True & Associates of Westfield, N.J. on December 31, 2020. True & Associates is its largest... | | | | More East News » |
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| | Midwest | | | | First MainStreet Insurance (FMSI), an affiliate of TrueNorth Companies, has acquired two Iowa-based agencies: Nissen-Caven Insurance and... | | | | Church Mutual Insurance Co., based in Merrill, Wis., has promoted Bruce Carter to assistant vice president - Diversity & Inclusion and... | | | | Brett Musser has joined AXA XL as the Central US Zonal Marine product leader. Based in Chicago, Musser will also serve as marine... | | | | Former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder, his health director and other ex-officials have been told they're being charged after a new... | | | | More Midwest News » |
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| | Southeast | | | | After extending the moratorium on cancellations and nonrenewals put into place at the start of the pandemic, Citizens Property Insurance... | | | | The Hilb Group, LLC (THG) has acquired North Carolina-based Dwayne Wilson Insurance & Financial Services, Inc. (DWI). The transaction... | | | | Berkshire Hathaway GUARD Insurance Companies has added Georgia and Utah to the list of states where the insurer offers its homeowners... | | | | More Southeast News » |
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| | | | | | | Business Income Insurance Demystified | | | | Business income coverage is arguably one of the most important coverages your commercial clients should have. Get THE book on the subject. | | | | | | | | Insurance Journal's Academy of Insurance | | |
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| | South Central | | | | The Texas state agency for regulating the oil and gas industry says it issued the number of original drilling permits issued in December... | | | | Louisianans who suffered damage from Hurricane Zeta in Jefferson, Lafourche, Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard and Terrebonne parishes... | | | | A natural gas explosion at a Dallas home that killed a 12-year-old girl came after an energy company failed to find a damaged line... | | | | More South Central News » |
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| | West | | | | Uber Technologies Inc. on Wednesday appealed a $59 million fine by a California regulator in a dispute over whether the company should... | | | | A California Workers' Compensation Institute analysis of claims reported to the state Division of Workers' Compensation as of Jan. 11... | | | | Berkshire Hathaway GUARD Insurance Companies has added Georgia and Utah to the list of states where the insurer offers its homeowners... | | | | CRC Group has promoted Stewart Brown to regional director of the company's transportation binding division for a newly created region... | | | | La Jolla, Calif.-based Palomar Holdings Inc. has named Mark Brose chief technology officer. Brose will report to his predecessor, Chief... | | | | More West News » |
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| | International | | | | Convex Group Ltd. has secured $500 million in committed preferred equity capital from affiliates of Sixth Street, a leading global... | | | | Assicurazioni Generali SpA Chief Executive Officer Philippe Donnet is seeking to overhaul the top ranks at Italy's largest insurer to... | | | | Lloyd's announced it has received regulatory approval to set up a new multi-insurance special purpose vehicle, which aims to attract new... | | | | HONG KONG/BRUSSELS - The environmental transformation happening in the Arctic is key to understanding the potential global impacts of... | | | | Willis Towers Watson, the global advisory, broking and solutions company, announced the addition of Shanghai to its global property and... | | | | Global broking business, Brokerslink, starts 2021 with the continued the expansion of its global network and the addition of independent... | | | | NFP, a New York-based insurance broker and consultant, announced the acquisition of EdgeHill Insurance Brokers Ltd., in a transaction... | | | | More International News » |
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| | | | | | | Understanding Business Income | | | | Business income coverage is arguably one of the most important coverages your commercial clients should have. Get THE book on the subject. | | | | | | | | Insurance Journal's Academy of Insurance | | |
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| | Insurance Journal Blogs and Columns | | | | Wednesday, January 6, 2021, was a historic day in the US. It could have been historic because the US Congress was voting to certify an... | | | | More Blogs » |
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| | Research and Webinars | | | | | For the Insurance industry, digital transformation has shifted from the 3 - 5 year plan to the 6 month plan. That transformation... | | | | | The hard market is here and shows no signs of slowing down. While this period of the insurance cycle is often known as being the... | | | | | It has never been more evident that traditional paradigms no longer serve the insurance industry or its customers. To understand... | | | | | AM Best expects that the Directors and Officers (D&O) segment will soon undergo radical changes based on an examination of... | | | | More research and webinars » |
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| | Insurance Journal TV | | | | | Norman Ives, a wholesale insurance broker at Worldwide Facilities LLC specializing in custom... | | | | | Recent research shows that more insurers are taking advantage of cloud technology for data... | | | | Watch more videos at InsuranceJournal.tv » |
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